Kreayshawn Talks New Album, Working With Diplo

Somethin' Bout Kreay out this summer

Almost a year and 33 million YouTube hits later, the full-length followup to Kreayshawn's "Gucci Gucci" is being finalized. "Right now I'm just thinking of album art," she said when we met up at her Austin hotel during SXSW. And we imagine that process is pretty damn fun for her, judging by how much artistic direction has gone into each of her pointy, multi-colored, glittery-flower-encrusted nails.

The record, titled Somethin' Bout Kreay and featuring production from "Gucci Gucci" beatmaker Two Stacks, Boyz Noize, and, yes, Diplo, is out this summer.

Talking about the record's Diplo-produced cut, she said, "It's a song about booty popping and twerking. I know Diplo knows a lot about underground music culture-- he was one of the people to put me onto music like that when I used to listen to the Mad Decent Mixes. It was like, 'Oh, he knows what I want.'"

Meanwhile, the album's forthcoming first single, "Breakfast", is a collaboration with the Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz. "It's about syrup," she said, characteristically chilled-out in bright-white platform sneakers, khaki skinnies, a little black sports jacket, and two tiny pigtails. The "Breakfast" video is expected to drop next month.

Kreayshawn on the shoot for the "Breakfast" video with 2 Chainz, via Twitter.

While she says Somethin' Bout Kreay will definitely be a "rap album," it'll also be something of a sampler that pulls from New Orleans Bounce and Chicago Juke, among other genres. "Put my little swag touch on it," she said. Sadly, she's not going to be putting her little swag touch on that organic milkshake bar she Tweeted about starting with Soulja Boy. "I was just kidding," she said. "Swagshake."